# List of Birmingham City F.C. players

Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875 under the name of Small Heath Alliance. They first entered the FA Cup in the 1881–82 season. When nationally organised league football in England began, the club, by then called simply Small Heath F.C., was a founder member of the Football Alliance, formed the year after the Football League. In 1892, the Football League decided to form a Second Division, inviting the members of the Football Alliance to join; as one of the less successful members, Small Heath were placed in the Second Division. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.
Each player's details include the duration of his Birmingham career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team for which the player was selected, and the number of senior international caps he won.

## Introduction

As of the date specified below, more than 200 men had made 100 or more appearances in senior competitive matches for Birmingham. Frank Womack holds the club record for league appearances, having played 491 matches between 1908 and 1928, closely followed by Gil Merrick with 485 between 1946 and 1959. If all senior competitions are included, Merrick has 551, followed by Womack's 515 which is the record for an outfield player. The goalscoring record is held by Joe Bradford, with 249 league goals, and 267 in total, scored between 1920 and 1935. No other player comes close: Trevor Francis is the nearest with 119 league goals, 133 in total, scored between 1970 and 1979. Bradford holds the record for league goals scored in a top-flight season with 29 in the 1927–28 First Division. A club record for transfer fee received was set when Ché Adams joined Southampton in 2019; officially undisclosed, it was reported as £15 million. Forty years earlier, Trevor Francis became the first player transferred between British clubs for a £1 million fee, and in 1896, future England international forward Fred Wheldon joined league champions Aston Villa for terms reportedly "higher than have ever been concluded": a fee of £350 plus the proceeds of a friendly match between the clubs. Caesar Jenkyns was the first man capped by his country while a Birmingham (then Small Heath) player when he represented Wales against Ireland in February 1892. The player with most senior international caps while at the club is Maik Taylor with 58 for Northern Ireland, and Harry Hibbs has most for England, with 25.
Bob McRoberts, Billy Beer, George Liddell, Merrick, Garry Pendrey, Francis and Gary Rowett all went on to manage the team. Others took part in significant matches in club history. Billy Ollis, Jenkyns, Ted Devey, Jack Hallam, Wheldon and Tommy Hands appeared in Small Heath's first Football League match in 1892. Eight men listed were part of Birmingham's pioneering venture into club football in Europe in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and ten played on the losing side in the 1956 FA Cup final (an eleventh, Roy Warhurst, missed the match through injury). In more recent times, Paul Tait scored the first golden goal to decide a Wembley cup final, against Carlisle United in the 1995 Football League Trophy. Geoff Horsfield scored the extra-time equaliser that took the 2002 First Division play-off final into a shootout; Paul Devlin and Stan Lazaridis converted their spot-kicks as Birmingham were promoted to the Premier League for the first time. Seven men listed here, including captain Stephen Carr and goalscorer Nikola Žigić, took the field as Birmingham won the 2011 League Cup; another two were unused substitutes. Just three years later, the first headed goal of full-back Paul Caddis's career, 93 minutes into the final match of the season, saved the team from relegation to the third tier of English football.

## Key

* The list is ordered first by number of appearances in total, then by number of League appearances, and then if necessary by date of debut.
* Appearances as a substitute are included.
* Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 15 March 2025. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

### Player

    Players marked * were registered for the club as at the date specified above.
    Players with name in italics and marked † were on loan from another club for the duration of their Birmingham career. The loaning club is noted in the Notes column.
    Players marked ‡ have been inducted into the Birmingham City F.C. Hall of Fame.
    Players marked $ have won the Birmingham City F.C. Player of the Year award.

### Position

    Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

### Club career

    Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

### League appearances and League goals

    League appearances and goals comprise those in the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League. Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three games because of the Second World War, are excluded.

### Total appearances and Total goals

    Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football Alliance, Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Europa League, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup and Full Members' Cup. Matches in wartime competitions are excluded.

### International selection

    Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown.

### Caps

    For players having played at full international level, the caps column counts the number of such appearances during his career with the club.

## Players with 100 or more appearances

* Caesar Jenkyns, captain in the 1890s, was the first player capped by his country while a Small Heath player.
* Billy Jones scored 102 goals from 253 games before the First World War.
* 1956 FA Cup Finalist Alex Govan was responsible for Harry Lauder's song "Keep right on to the end of the road" becoming the Birmingham City fans' anthem.
* Trevor Francis, who joined Birmingham as a 15-year-old, became the first British footballer transferred for £1 million when Brian Clough signed him for league champions Nottingham Forest in February 1979.
* After Alan Curbishley was transferred from Birmingham to local rivals Aston Villa in 1983, it was 36 years before another player made the same move.
* Jamaica international Michael Johnson played more than 300 times for Birmingham in an eight-year career.
* Damien Johnson, captain from 2006 to 2009, won Birmingham's Player of the Season award in 2006.
* Nikola Žigić scored Birmingham's opening goal in the 2011 Football League Cup Final.
* Paul Caddis scored the 93rd-minute goal on the last day of the 2013–14 season that saved Birmingham from relegation to League One.
Table of players, including playing position, club statistics and international selection :
| Player | Pos | Club career | League | League | Total | Total | International selection | Caps | Notes | Refs |
| Player | Pos | Club career | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | International selection | Caps | Notes | Refs |
| Gil Merrick ‡ | GK | 1946–1959 | 485 | 0 | 551 | 0 | England | 23 | | |
| Frank Womack | FB | 1908–1928 | 491 | 0 | 515 | 0 | England trial | — | | |
| Joe Bradford ‡ | FW | 1920–1935 | 414 | 249 | 445 | 267 | England | 12 | | |
| Ken Green | FB | 1947–1958 | 401 | 3 | 440 | 3 | England B | — | | |
| Johnny Crosbie | FW | 1920–1932 | 409 | 71 | 432 | 72 | Scotland | 1 | | |
| Trevor Smith | DF | 1953–1964 | 365 | 3 | 430 | 3 | England | 2 | | |
| Malcolm Beard | MF | 1960–1970 | 350 | 28 | 404 | 34 | England youth | — | | |
| Dan Tremelling | GK | 1919–1931 | 382 | 0 | 395 | 0 | England | 1 | | |
| Malcolm Page ‡ | DF / MF | 1965–1980 | 336 | 9 | 392 | 10 | Wales | 28 | | |
| Harry Hibbs | GK | 1926–1939 | 358 | 0 | 388 | 0 | England | 25 | | |
| Ray Martin $ | DF | 1964–1975 | 334 | 1 | 378 | 1 | — | — | | |
| Garry Pendrey ‡ | DF | 1969–1979 | 306 | 4 | 360 | 5 | — | — | | |
| Walter Wigmore | FW / HB | 1899–1912 | 329 | 23 | 355 | 25 | — | — | | |
| Ian Bennett | GK | 1993–2004 | 287 | 0 | 354 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Lukas Jutkiewicz *$ | FW | 2016–present | 325 | 63 | 352 | 69 | — | — | | |
| Percy Barton | HB | 1914–1928 | 331 | 13 | 349 | 14 | England | 7 | | |
| George Liddell | FB / HB | 1920–1932 | 323 | 6 | 345 | 6 | — | — | | |
| Joe Gallagher ‡ | DF | 1973–1981 | 286 | 17 | 337 | 23 | England B | — | | |
| John Frain $ | DF / MF | 1986–1996 | 274 | 23 | 336 | 26 | — | — | | |
| Trevor Francis ‡$ | FW | 1970–1979 | 280 | 119 | 329 | 133 | England | 12 | | |
| George Briggs | FW | 1924–1933 | 298 | 98 | 324 | 107 | — | — | | |
| Michael Johnson $ | DF | 1995–2003 | 262 | 13 | 314 | 18 | Jamaica | 12 | | |
| Fred Harris | FW / HB | 1934–1950 | 280 | 61 | 310 | 69 | — | — | | |
| Nat Robinson | GK | 1899–1908 | 283 | 0 | 306 | 0 | England trial | — | | |
| Cyril Trigg | FW / FB | 1936–1954 | 268 | 67 | 291 | 72 | — | — | | |
| Bryan Hughes | MF | 1997–2004 | 248 | 34 | 291 | 42 | — | — | | |
| Jimmy Cringan | HB | 1923–1934 | 260 | 12 | 284 | 12 | — | — | | |
| Ned Barkas | FB | 1928–1937 | 256 | 9 | 284 | 9 | — | — | | |
| Len Boyd | HB | 1949–1956 | 255 | 14 | 281 | 15 | England B | — | | |
| Peter Murphy | FW | 1952–1960 | 244 | 107 | 277 | 127 | — | — | | |
| Gordon Astall | FW | 1953–1961 | 235 | 60 | 271 | 67 | England | 2 | | |
| George Morrall | HB | 1927–1936 | 243 | 5 | 266 | 7 | — | — | | |
| Martin Grainger ‡$ | DF | 1997–2004 | 226 | 25 | 266 | 28 | — | — | | |
| Jeff Hall ‡ | FB | 1951–1959 | 227 | 1 | 265 | 1 | England | 17 | | |
| Maxime Colin | DF | 2017–2023 | 241 | 7 | 253 | 7 | France U20 | — | | |
| Geoff Vowden | FW | 1964–1970 | 221 | 79 | 253 | 94 | — | — | | |
| Billy Jones | FW | 1901–19091912–1913 | 236 | 99 | 251 | 102 | England trial | — | | |
| Billy Beer | HB | 1902–1909 | 236 | 34 | 250 | 35 | — | — | | |
| Johnny Watts | HB | 1952–1963 | 206 | 3 | 248 | 3 | — | — | | |
| Lewis Stoker | HB | 1930–1938 | 230 | 2 | 246 | 2 | England | 3 | | |
| Maik Taylor | GK | 2003–2011 | 214 | 0 | 242 | 0 | Northern Ireland | 58 | | |
| Dave Latchford $ | GK | 1969–1978 | 206 | 0 | 240 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Roy Warhurst | HB | 1950–1957 | 213 | 10 | 239 | 10 | — | — | | |
| Jack Jones | FB | 1920–1927 | 228 | 1 | 237 | 1 | England trial | — | | |
| Johnny Schofield | GK | 1952–1965 | 212 | 0 | 237 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Billy Walton | FW / HB | 1889–1902 | 201 | 56 | 232 | 70 | — | — | | |
| Trevor Hockey $ | MF | 1965–1971 | 196 | 8 | 231 | 13 | Wales | 0 | | |
| Martin O'Connor | MF | 1996–2002 | 187 | 16 | 223 | 19 | Cayman Islands | 2 | | |
| Stan Lazaridis | MF | 1999–2006 | 191 | 8 | 222 | 8 | Australia | 33 | | |
| Alex Leake | HB | 1895–1902 | 199 | 21 | 221 | 23 | England | 0 | | |
| Jackie Stewart | FW | 1948–1954 | 203 | 51 | 218 | 54 | — | — | | |
| Colin Green | DF | 1962–1970 | 183 | 1 | 217 | 1 | Wales | 15 | | |
| Bob Hatton ‡ | FW | 1971–1976 | 175 | 58 | 217 | 73 | — | — | | |
| Damien Johnson $ | MF | 2002–2010 | 193 | 4 | 216 | 4 | Northern Ireland | 42 | | |
| Dennis Jennings | U | 1936–1950 | 192 | 12 | 214 | 14 | — | — | | |
| Frank Stokes | FB | 1903–1910 | 199 | 1 | 213 | 1 | England trial | — | | |
| Brian Roberts $ | DF | 1984–1990 | 187 | 0 | 213 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Vince Overson | DF | 1986–1991 | 182 | 3 | 213 | 4 | England youth | — | | |
| Mike Hellawell | FW | 1957–1964 | 178 | 30 | 213 | 33 | England | 2 | | |
| Jim Herriot | GK | 1965–1970 | 181 | 0 | 212 | 0 | Scotland | 8 | | |
| Paul Tait | MF | 1988–1997 | 170 | 14 | 212 | 18 | — | — | | |
| Kevin Dillon | MF | 1977–1983 | 186 | 15 | 211 | 19 | England U21 | — | | |
| Alan Campbell | MF | 1970–1975 | 175 | 11 | 209 | 14 | Scotland U23 | — | | |
| Roger Hynd ‡$ | DF | 1970–1975 | 171 | 4 | 207 | 5 | — | — | | |
| Sebastian Larsson $ | MF | 2006–2011 | 184 | 19 | 205 | 25 | Sweden | 31 | | |
| Robert Hopkins ‡ | FW / MF | 1983–19861989–1991 | 173 | 29 | 205 | 34 | — | — | | |
| Kenny Burns ‡$ | DF / FW | 1971–1977 | 170 | 45 | 205 | 53 | Scotland | 8 | | |
| Gordon Taylor | FW | 1970–1975 | 166 | 9 | 204 | 11 | — | — | | |
| Trevor Matthewson | DF | 1989–1993 | 168 | 12 | 203 | 13 | — | — | | |
| Cameron Jerome | FW | 2006–2011 | 181 | 37 | 202 | 42 | England U21 | — | | |
| Terry Hennessey | MF | 1961–1965 | 178 | 3 | 202 | 3 | Wales | 16 | | |
| Harlee Dean $ | DF | 2017–2023 | 191 | 8 | 200 | 9 | — | — | | |
| Darren Purse $ | DF | 1998–2004 | 168 | 9 | 200 | 11 | England U21 | — | | |
| Alec McClure | HB | 1912–1923 | 192 | 4 | 198 | 4 | — | — | | |
| Benny Green | FW | 1903–1908 | 185 | 44 | 198 | 47 | — | — | | |
| Marc Roberts | DF | 2017–2024 | 186 | 7 | 197 | 7 | England C | — | | |
| Dick Neal | HB | 1957–1961 | 165 | 15 | 197 | 18 | England U23 | — | | |
| Des Bremner | MF | 1984–1989 | 168 | 5 | 196 | 5 | Scotland | 0 | | |
| David Davis $ | MF | 2014–2020 | 182 | 10 | 194 | 11 | — | — | | |
| Johnny Vincent | MF | 1964–1970 | 171 | 41 | 193 | 44 | England youth | — | | |
| Bob Latchford ‡ | FW | 1969–1974 | 160 | 68 | 193 | 84 | England | 0 | | |
| Jack Badham | FB / HB | 1948–1956 | 175 | 4 | 190 | 4 | — | — | | |
| Tom Fillingham | HB | 1930–1938 | 183 | 8 | 189 | 9 | — | — | | |
| Bob McRoberts | FW | 1898–1905 | 173 | 70 | 187 | 82 | — | — | | |
| Alex Govan ‡ | FW | 1953–1958 | 166 | 53 | 187 | 60 | — | — | | |
| Simon Sturridge | FW | 1988–1993 | 150 | 30 | 186 | 38 | — | — | | |
| Eddy Brown | FW | 1954–1958 | 158 | 74 | 185 | 90 | — | — | | |
| Gary Gardner | MF | 2018–2024 | 171 | 15 | 184 | 15 | England U21 | — | | |
| Maikel Kieftenbeld | MF | 2015–2021 | 170 | 5 | 184 | 6 | Netherlands U21 | — | | |
| Michael Morrison | DF | 2014–2019 | 174 | 14 | 183 | 15 | England C | — | | |
| Ernie Curtis | FW | 1928–1933 | 165 | 45 | 182 | 54 | Wales | 2 | | |
| Jacques Maghoma $ | MF | 2015–2020 | 168 | 20 | 180 | 21 | DR Congo | 24 | | |
| Jonathan Spector | DF | 2011–2017 | 153 | 0 | 179 | 1 | United States | 5 | | |
| Martin Thomas | GK | 1988–1993 | 144 | 0 | 176 | 0 | Wales | 0 | | |
| Nigel Gleghorn | MF | 1989–1992 | 142 | 33 | 176 | 43 | — | — | | |
| Paul Robinson $ | DF | 2012–2018 | 158 | 3 | 175 | 4 | England U21 | — | | |
| Fred Wheldon | FW | 1890–1896 | 155 | 96 | 175 | 113 | England | 0 | | |
| Liam Ridgewell | DF | 2007–2012 | 152 | 9 | 175 | 11 | England U21 | — | | |
| Noel Kinsey | FW | 1953–1958 | 149 | 48 | 174 | 55 | Wales | 3 | | |
| Kevan Broadhurst ‡ | DF / MF | 1977–1984 | 153 | 10 | 173 | 10 | — | — | | |
| Ivan Šunjić | MF | 2019–2024 | 160 | 7 | 173 | 7 | Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina | 00 | | |
| Ian Clarkson | DF | 1988–1993 | 136 | 0 | 171 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Jonathan Grounds | DF | 2014–2018 | 158 | 4 | 170 | 5 | — | — | | |
| Arthur Archer | FB | 1897–1902 | 154 | 4 | 170 | 4 | — | — | | |
| Winston Foster | DF | 1961–1968 | 153 | 2 | 170 | 2 | — | — | | |
| Sid Wharton | FW | 1897–1903 | 151 | 18 | 167 | 23 | England unofficial | — | | |
| Jim Hagan | DF | 1982–1986 | 137 | 0 | 167 | 0 | Northern Ireland U18 | — | | |
| George Allen | FB | 1954–1961 | 134 | 0 | 166 | 0 | — | — | | |
| William Ball | FB | 1911–1921 | 152 | 0 | 165 | 0 | England Victory International | — | | |
| Harold Booton | FB | 1930–1935 | 150 | 2 | 163 | 2 | — | — | | |
| Kristian Pedersen | DF | 2018–2022 | 155 | 9 | 161 | 9 | Denmark | 1 | | |
| Jimmy Calderwood | DF / MF | 1972–1979 | 145 | 4 | 160 | 5 | Scotland U23 | — | | |
| Paul Caddis | DF | 2012–20132013–2017 | 149 | 15 | 159 | 16 | Scotland | 1 | | |
| Nikola Žigić | FW | 2010–20142014–2015 | 137 | 32 | 159 | 36 | Serbia | 15 | | |
| Louie Donowa | MF | 1991–1996 | 116 | 18 | 159 | 20 | England U21 | — | | |
| Scott Hogan | FW | 2020–2024 | 149 | 35 | 158 | 36 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | | |
| Ray Ranson | DF | 1984–1988 | 137 | 0 | 158 | 0 | England U21 | — | | |
| Frank White | FW | 1933–1938 | 147 | 46 | 156 | 50 | — | — | | |
| Caesar Jenkyns | HB | 1888–1895 | 131 | 18 | 155 | 20 | Wales | 4 | | |
| Chris Burke $ | MF | 2011–2014 | 131 | 24 | 155 | 27 | Scotland | 5 | | |
| Alan Curbishley | MF | 1979–1983 | 130 | 11 | 155 | 15 | England U21 | — | | |
| Ted Devey | HB | 1888–1895 | 136 | 6 | 153 | 10 | — | — | | |
| Paul Furlong | FW | 1996–2002 | 131 | 50 | 153 | 56 | England semi-pro | — | | |
| Dele Adebola | FW | 1998–2001 | 129 | 31 | 152 | 42 | — | — | | |
| Dickie Dale | HB | 1922–1928 | 146 | 0 | 151 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Jack Hallam | FW | 1890–1895 | 133 | 54 | 151 | 62 | Wales | 0 | | |
| Tommy Hands | FW | 1890–1896 | 135 | 39 | 150 | 42 | — | — | | |
| Wilson Jones | FW | 1934–1946 | 134 | 63 | 150 | 71 | Wales | 2 | | |
| Dean Peer | MF | 1986–1993 | 120 | 8 | 150 | 12 | — | — | | |
| Ron Wylie | MF | 1965–1969 | 128 | 2 | 149 | 2 | Scottish Schools | — | | |
| Stan Lynn | DF | 1961–1965 | 130 | 26 | 147 | 30 | — | — | | |
| Jimmy Bloomfield | FW | 1960–1964 | 122 | 28 | 146 | 32 | England U23 | — | | |
| Mark Dennis $ | DF | 1978–1983 | 130 | 1 | 145 | 1 | England U21 | — | | |
| Bertie Auld | FW | 1961–1965 | 125 | 26 | 145 | 31 | Scotland | 0 | | |
| Brian Farmer | FB | 1956–1962 | 117 | 0 | 145 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Kenny Cunningham | DF | 2002–2006 | 134 | 0 | 144 | 0 | Republic of Ireland | 32 | | |
| Keith Fahey | MF | 2009–2013 | 121 | 9 | 144 | 9 | Republic of Ireland | 16 | | |
| Alec Leslie | HB | 1927–1931 | 132 | 0 | 143 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Pat Van Den Hauwe | DF | 1978–1984 | 123 | 1 | 143 | 1 | Wales | 0 | | |
| James Bumphrey | HB | 1909–1915 | 137 | 7 | 142 | 7 | — | — | | |
| Billy Pratt | FB | 1896–1901 | 129 | 1 | 142 | 1 | — | — | | |
| Jon McCarthy | MF | 1997–2002 | 124 | 8 | 142 | 8 | Northern Ireland | 14 | | |
| Keith Bertschin | FW | 1977–1981 | 118 | 29 | 141 | 41 | England U21 | — | | |
| Paul Devlin $ | MF / FW | 1996–19972002–2003 | 123 | 32 | 139 | 38 | Scotland | 10 | | |
| Don Dearson | U | 1934–1947 | 131 | 17 | 137 | 17 | Wales | 2 | | |
| Ted Duckhouse | HB | 1938–1950 | 119 | 4 | 137 | 4 | — | — | | |
| Billy Wright $ | DF | 1983–1986 | 111 | 8 | 137 | 14 | England B | — | | |
| Jim Dougherty | HB | 1902–1907 | 130 | 3 | 136 | 3 | — | — | | |
| Stephen Clemence $ | MF | 2003–2007 | 121 | 8 | 135 | 9 | England U21 | — | | |
| Ian Handysides | MF | 1981–19831986–1988 | 118 | 6 | 135 | 12 | England youth | — | | |
| Billy Ollis | HB | 1891–1896 | 121 | 2 | 134 | 2 | — | — | | |
| Howard Kendall | MF | 1974–1977 | 115 | 16 | 134 | 18 | England | 0 | | |
| Martin Kuhl | MF | 1983–1987 | 111 | 5 | 134 | 7 | — | — | | |
| Peter Ndlovu | MF / FW | 1997–2001 | 107 | 22 | 134 | 27 | Zimbabwe | 12 | | |
| David Murphy | DF | 2008–2013 | 106 | 7 | 132 | 13 | England youth | — | | |
| Phil Summerill | FW | 1967–1972 | 118 | 46 | 131 | 52 | England youth | — | | |
| Matthew Upson | DF | 2003–2007 | 113 | 5 | 128 | 5 | England | 7 | | |
| Bobby Thomson | FW | 1963–1967 | 112 | 23 | 128 | 25 | — | — | | |
| Tony Want | DF | 1972–1977 | 101 | 1 | 128 | 2 | England youth | — | | |
| Dave Robinson | DF | 1968–1972 | 112 | 2 | 127 | 4 | — | — | | |
| Charlie Calladine | HB | 1931–1935 | 114 | 5 | 126 | 5 | — | — | | |
| Geoff Horsfield ‡$ | FW | 2000–2003 | 108 | 23 | 126 | 29 | — | — | | |
| Stephen Gleeson | MF | 2014–2018 | 117 | 6 | 125 | 6 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | | |
| Joe Roulson | HB | 1913–1922 | 116 | 4 | 125 | 4 | — | — | | |
| Craig Gardner | MF | 2010–20112017–2019 | 109 | 14 | 125 | 16 | England U21 | — | | |
| Alan Ainscow $ | MF | 1978–1981 | 108 | 16 | 125 | 22 | England youth | — | | |
| John Glover | FB | 1904–1907 | 116 | 2 | 124 | 2 | — | — | | |
| Gary Ablett | DF | 1996–1999 | 104 | 1 | 124 | 2 | England B | — | | |
| Ché Adams $ | FW | 2016–2019 | 116 | 34 | 123 | 38 | Scotland England U20 | 0 | | |
| Krystian Bielik * | DF | 20172022–present | 111 | 2 | 123 | 2 | Poland | 5 | | |
| Terry Hibbitt | MF | 1975–1978 | 110 | 11 | 122 | 11 | — | — | | |
| Stephen Carr | DF | 2009–2012 | 106 | 0 | 121 | 0 | Republic of Ireland | 0 | | |
| Ken Leek | FW | 1961–1964 | 105 | 49 | 121 | 60 | Wales | 5 | | |
| Bryan Orritt | FW | 1956–1961 | 100 | 23 | 121 | 27 | Wales U23 | — | | |
| Albert Gardner | HB | 1909–1919 | 113 | 4 | 120 | 4 | — | — | | |
| Richard Gibson | FW | 1911–1921 | 110 | 16 | 120 | 19 | — | — | | |
| Steve Claridge $ | FW | 1994–1996 | 88 | 35 | 120 | 42 | — | — | | |
| Harry Hooper | FW | 1957–1960 | 105 | 34 | 119 | 42 | England B | — | | |
| Steve Whitton | FW | 1986–1989 | 103 | 31 | 119 | 36 | — | — | | |
| Ted Linley | FW | 1921–1926 | 113 | 11 | 118 | 11 | — | — | | |
| Jeff Wealands $ | GK | 1979–1982 | 102 | 0 | 118 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Mikael Forssell ‡$ | FW | 2003–20042005–2008 | 101 | 30 | 118 | 37 | Finland | 28 | | |
| Clayton Donaldson $ | FW | 2014–2017 | 113 | 32 | 117 | 33 | Jamaica England C | 10 | | |
| Ian Atkins | MF | 1988–19901991–1992 | 101 | 6 | 117 | 9 | — | — | | |
| Martin Taylor | DF | 2004–2009 | 99 | 2 | 117 | 3 | England U21 | — | | |
| Jack Randle | FB | 1927–1932 | 111 | 0 | 116 | 1 | — | — | | |
| Tom Grosvenor | FW | 1931–1936 | 108 | 17 | 116 | 18 | England | 3 | | |
| Colin Withers | GK | 1960–1964 | 98 | 0 | 116 | 0 | English Schools | — | | |
| Ian Rodgerson | MF | 1990–1993 | 95 | 13 | 116 | 16 | — | — | | |
| Jackie Whitehouse | FW | 1919–1923 | 110 | 31 | 115 | 35 | — | — | | |
| Archie Gemmill | MF | 1979–1982 | 97 | 12 | 115 | 14 | Scotland | 10 | | |
| Johnny Gordon | FW | 1958–1961 | 96 | 32 | 115 | 40 | — | — | | |
| Jimmy Harris | FW | 1960–1964 | 93 | 37 | 115 | 53 | England U23 | — | | |
| Johnny Berry | FW | 1947–1951 | 104 | 6 | 114 | 6 | England | 0 | | |
| Tony Coton $ | GK | 1980–1984 | 94 | 0 | 114 | 0 | England B | — | | |
| Jack Dorrington | GK | 1902–1912 | 106 | 0 | 111 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Billy Hughes | FB | 1936–1947 | 105 | 0 | 111 | 0 | Wales | 10 | | |
| Juninho Bacuna | MF | 2022–2024 | 105 | 11 | 111 | 13 | Curaçao Netherlands U21 | 15 | | |
| Tony Rees | FW | 1983–1988 | 95 | 12 | 111 | 16 | Wales | 1 | | |
| David Cotterill | MF | 2014–2017 | 103 | 14 | 109 | 15 | Wales | 4 | | |
| Harold Bodle | FW | 1939–1949 | 94 | 32 | 109 | 37 | — | — | | |
| Mick Harford | FW | 1982–1984 | 92 | 25 | 109 | 33 | England | 0 | | |
| Neil Dougall | FW | 1946–1949 | 93 | 15 | 108 | 18 | Scotland | 1 | | |
| Colin Todd | DF | 1979–1982 | 93 | 0 | 108 | 0 | England | 0 | | |
| Graham Sissons | DF | 1957–1962 | 91 | 0 | 107 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Charlie Athersmith | FW | 1901–1905 | 100 | 12 | 106 | 13 | England | 0 | | |
| Frank Mitchell | HB | 1946–1949 | 93 | 6 | 106 | 8 | — | — | | |
| Ray Ferris | HB | 1949–1953 | 93 | 3 | 106 | 4 | Northern Ireland | 3 | | |
| Curtis Davies $ | DF | 2011–2013 | 89 | 11 | 106 | 12 | England U21 Sierra Leone | 0 | | |
| Arthur Atkins | HB | 1949–1954 | 97 | 0 | 105 | 0 | — | — | | |
| Jordan James | MF | 2021–2024 | 95 | 9 | 105 | 10 | Wales England U20 | 11 | | |
| Wayne Clarke | FW | 1984–1987 | 92 | 38 | 105 | 43 | England youth | — | | |
| Wade Elliott | MF | 2011–2014 | 88 | 7 | 105 | 13 | English Schools | — | | |
| Barry Bridges | FW | 1966–1968 | 83 | 35 | 104 | 45 | England | 0 | | |
| Jack Hall | FW | 1910–1914 | 97 | 47 | 103 | 48 | — | — | | |
| Frank Mobley | FW | 1892–1896 | 96 | 62 | 103 | 64 | — | — | | |
| Alf Tinkler | HB | 1911–1915 | 96 | 3 | 103 | 4 | — | — | | |
| Tony Towers | MF | 1977–1980 | 92 | 4 | 103 | 4 | England | 0 | | |
| William Robertson | U | 1896–1899 | 91 | 14 | 103 | 15 | — | — | | |
| Gary Rowett | DF | 1998–2000 | 87 | 6 | 103 | 11 | — | — | | |
| Andrew Johnson | FW | 1998–2002 | 83 | 8 | 103 | 13 | England | 0 | | |
| Dave Langan $ | DF | 1980–1983 | 92 | 3 | 102 | 3 | Republic of Ireland | 10 | | |
| Julian Dicks | DF | 1985–1988 | 89 | 1 | 102 | 1 | England B | — | | |
| Jonathan Hunt $ | MF | 1994–1997 | 77 | 18 | 102 | 25 | — | — | | |
| Gary Poole | DF | 1994–1996 | 72 | 0 | 102 | 3 | — | — | | |
| Jérémie Bela | FW | 2019–2022 | 96 | 7 | 101 | 9 | Angola France U16 | 1 | | |
| David Holdsworth | DF | 1999–2001 | 85 | 7 | 101 | 8 | England U21 | — | | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The eight team members were Gil Merrick, Jack Badham, Ken Green, Johnny Watts, Noel Kinsey, Eddy Brown, Peter Murphy and Alex Govan. Birmingham City became the first English club team to take part in European competition when they played their first group game in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup on 16 May 1956, a goalless draw away at Internazionale. The competition lasted over three English seasons with the final not played until 1958. The London XI, a representative side made up of players from several London clubs, were the first English team when they played their first group game in 1955.
* ↑ The ten were Merrick, Jeff Hall, Green, Trevor Smith, Len Boyd, Gordon Astall, Kinsey, Boyd, Murphy and Govan.
* ↑ The seven who took the field were Stephen Carr, Liam Ridgewell, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Keith Fahey, Nikola Žigić and Cameron Jerome; the two unused were Maik Taylor and David Murphy.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Player who later managed the club.
* ↑ Green was a member of England's squad for the 1954 World Cup but did not take the field.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Player statistics exclude three games played in the aborted 1939–40 Football League season.
* ↑ Matthews omits Frain from the starting eleven for the 30 January 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup match against West Bromwich Albion.
* 1 2 Matthews attributes Colin Withers' 23 November 1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup appearance against KB to Johnny Schofield, who had fractured his skull some days before.
* ↑ Matthews attributes Greg Farrell's appearance against Everton on 4 October 1963 to Hellawell, who was unavailable due to influenza.
* ↑ Matthews attributes Harry Wilcox's 18 February 1899 appearance against New Brighton Tower to McRoberts, who had broken a collarbone the previous week.
* 1 2 3 Reliable sources differ widely on the scorers in Small Heath's 10–1 win at home to Blackpool on 2 March 1901. This article uses the English National Football Archive (ENFA)'s version – McMillan 5, Aston 2, Archer, McRoberts, and Wharton – as likely the result of more recent research.
* ↑ Matthews omits Kinsey's 3 December 1956 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup substitute appearance against the Zagreb XI.
* 1 2 Matthews attributes Winston Foster's 20 April 1962 appearance against Everton to Brian Farmer, who had left the club. He also attributes Brian Sharples' 18 September 1965 appearance against Portsmouth to the injured Foster. Foster's totals are correct, albeit coincidentally, while Farmer should have one fewer league appearance than listed by Matthews.
* ↑ Matthews attributes the only first-team appearance made by Fred Jones, against Stoke City on 1 September 1934, to Wilson Jones, who had not yet joined the club.
Player statistics include games played while on loan from clubs listed below. Unless individually sourced, loaning clubs come from the appearances source or "Birmingham City: 1946/47–2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
* ↑ Burnley
* ↑ Fulham
* 1 2 Arsenal
* 1 2 Aston Villa
* ↑ Charlton Athletic
* ↑ Swindon Town
* ↑ Sheffield United
* ↑ West Bromwich Albion
* ↑ Derby County
* ↑ Chelsea